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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The characters are _____________________.
(a) not very believable
(b) jealous of each other
(c) larger than life
(d) fictional

2. Where does Paul suggest that he and Norman take the drunken Neal?
(a) Back to the bar
(b) To Neal's mother's house
(c) To an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting
(d) To a clinic

3. One day when Norman and Paul are fishing, Neal arrives with a woman named Old Rawhide that he met ___________________.
(a) at the country club
(b) at a bar
(c) at church
(d) at a seminar

4. Why is Jessie angry at Norman?
(a) Because he left him at the bend of the river to go fishing by himself
(b) Because he insulted her mother
(c) Because he forgot to put the picnic basket in the car
(d) Because he will not teach her how to fly fish

5. What kind of personality does Norman's brother-in-law have?
(a) Engaging
(b) Funny
(c) Pleasant
(d) Difficult

Short Answer Questions

1. Who in the family remains an average fisherman?

2. Why does Paul invite Norman to stay the night at his house?

3. What do Norman and Mr. Maclean talk about while watching Paul fish?

4. After Norman is married, he asks Paul to do him what favor?

5. Other than fish, what else did the brothers do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where do the two brothers go fishing?

2. Who are the two brothers in the story?

3. Who goes on the fishing trip the next morning?

4. How does Norman react to Neal's arrival a few days later?

5. What is the occupation of Norman and Paul's father?

6. Where do Norman and Paul escape from Norman's family problems a few days later?

7. What favor does Norman ask of his brother, Paul?

8. What happens one night after Norman and Paul spend the day fishing?

9. What do Norman and Paul receive in the form of sermons from their father?

10. Neal declares that he wants to fish but what does he do instead?

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